Pre-Primary 7

May News

May's theme is Dinosaurs; we focus on the African continent and learn about their culture.

Our book of the month will be The Very Hungry Caterpillar, tied to our Lifecycle of a Butterfly discussion. We are revving up for the end of the school year, and we are reviewing all the letters we've learned thus far. We are excited to see all our special moms for our Mother’s Day Celebration on May 10^th! We are working on a special gift to share with you during this event.

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held May 14^th and 15^th where I will be available to meet with any parents who wish to discuss the classroom, their child and set some goals for the rest of the school year and summer.

It will be a busy month but we are excited to see what May brings!

April Recap

April's theme was Our Planet Earth & Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, &Pacific Islands). The children learned about Australian animals like the Kangaroo and Koala bears and Australian Landmarks. We painted some colorful aboriginal rocks and created earth art with a coffee filter and butterfly symmetry art. We did a fun activity to take out our shovels and our gardening skills and plant sunflowers; we are very excited to see them sprout!



As we continued studying and talking about taking care of our Earth, we brought in plants so the children could enjoy learning how to care for them. 

The book we read was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom which is about the alphabet going to the top of a coconut tree.

We made a Chicka Chika Boom Boom Tree in Enrichments out of apples, graham crackers, and raisins. We learned about the musician Mozart and all his beautiful pieces of work. In art, we created Aboriginal projects; our favorite was creating rainbows on rocks and adding them to our rock river. In Spanish, we introduced the letters' p, q, r, s, and t' and learned how to say the different weather words.

March Recap

March's theme was Rainforest and South America; we talked about the Rainforest. We read books about the Rainforest and were able to see pictures of animals that live there, like toucans, macaws, poison dart frogs, and tarantulas. We discussed which animals live there and why they are unique to their ecosystem. In Practical life, the kids practiced their fine motor skills and worked on activities that included little spooning, pouring-dry, small tonging, and pouring water. This month, some of our art was Dr. Seuss-inspired art, a hot air balloon with a Dr. Seuss quote, "oh, the places you will go." The kids also made snack bubble wrap paintings, like the snakes found in the Rainforest. We ended the month with lots of St. Patrick's art. Our letters of the month were w,x,y,z, and we read several Dr. Seuss books this month.

February Recap

February was a month filled with love! Our theme of the month was Cultural Awareness and Friendship. The kids learned that there are different cultures and that we are all different in unique ways. We also talked about how we make friends and how to keep them. To help with the discussion, we printed a coloring page that shows how friends play together, be kind, share and help others. Our book of the month was Little Blue & Little Yellow, two best friends who can’t find one another, and when they finally meet, they are delighted. The children and I talked about President George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to learn about President’s Day. The kids worked on China cleaning, tongs, polishing, and dry pouring in practical life. They also practiced the letter sound of their first name.



For art, the kids colored an Asia Map and created a beautiful colorful friendship tree; all the kids contributed by stamping their fingerprints with the color of their choice. They also had fun preparing everything for Valentine’s Day. They each decorated their own valentines mailbag to place their goodies. The kids had a great time exchanging valentine’s day goodies. The kids also made a lot of valentine’s art throughout the month.

January Recap

Our theme in January was Winter Animals and Hibernation. The kids learned about Hibernation, what animals do after hibernation and what animals prefer in the cold weather. This fits perfectly with our book of the month, the Mitten, by Jan Brett. The book is about a little boy who loses his mitten in the snow, and some animals find it thinking it’ll be a good home. This month, some of our art was Animal art habitat; for this, we made a cave in the winter with a bear hibernating inside. The children also painted animal tracks in the snow. In language, we practiced phonics o,p,q,r. They were the perfect letters to practice as we used polar bears, penguins, and orca whales as examples.



In enrichment, the kids had a fun time in cooking class, and their favorite snack was making a necklace. In Music, they were introduced to Beethoven and rhyming “Hey Diddle” to a beat. In Spanish, we reviewed numbers 1-10 and sounds a,b,c,d. For Science, the children experimented with colors and ice cubes; we painted over the ice cubes and let the water determine the outcome. It was enjoyable, and the children enjoyed their creativity.